Happy Easter Weekend! I hope you fill it with much family and hockey, not necessarily in that order. * The Rangers-Flyers opener was everything I expected it to be, which is to say, the Rangers dominated the play. Just not a good matchup for Philadelphia. The Rangers won’t get sucked into Philadelphia’s nonsense [...]
PLAYOFFS, BABY! PLAYOFFS! YIPEE! I realized one score into the first game last night that I’d entered too many pools/made too many bets. I had no idea who or what to root for. But I also realized how much I missed playoff hockey. How fatiguing were the last couple of weeks of the regular [...]
The panel gives their picks for the first round, Conn Smythe winner, top five scorers, and more.
Taking a look back at some of the statistical qualities of successful playoff teams.
The Playoff Draft List is now available for download! Easter comes early this year! * I’m working on a playoff preview piece highlighting some of the statistical trends of the past few years. I hope it gives you some perspective on which teams might do well in the playoffs. Look for that later [...]
This has been a pretty disappointing fantasy season for me. Any hopes of competing in the DobberHockey Expert’s League were tanked when Jonathan Quick got hurt early on. It didn’t help that the Devils seemed dedicated to Martin Brodeur’s mediocrity leaving Cory Schneider few starts to work with. I won the regular season in [...]
UPDATE: Jonathan Bernier is out three weeks with an MCL sprain. So his season is done. If you've got masochistic tendencies now's your chance to ride James Reimer. * The legend of Late-Season Bob continues to grow as Sergei Bobrovsky turned aside 37 shots in shutting out his former team. He is [...]
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You gotta love NHL Rivalry Night, kicked off by an epic Islanders-Senators battle that folks will be talking about for years. The narrative was either a battle of Zdeno Chara’s former lovers or a wrestling match over ping pong balls. The Islanders won, which means they lost in the scheme of ping pong balls [...]
Decisive 3-0 victory for Boston against the visiting Blackhawks. Tuukka Rask got the shutout, his league-leading seventh of the season. Once upon a time there was an argument to be made that Ben Bishop was the Vezina frontrunner but Rask has run away with it since the Olympics. Patrice Bergeron is sizzling right [...]
